[BunnySlippers]

As long as "conservatives" will vote for the likes of Rudy, the GOP will never get back to its conservative roots. It won't have to.

Conservative is FISCAL conservitism ... not SOCIAL conservatism. It never was until the social conservatives started blackmailing the GOP.

[freedomfiter2]

Conservative is FISCAL conservitism ... not SOCIAL conservatism. It never was until the social conservatives started blackmailing the GOP.


Being a fiscal conservative and not also a social conservative is being a moderate.

[spikeytx86]

AMEN! (pardon the pun :)

[jmc813]

Conservative is FISCAL conservitism

First of all, Rudy isn't fiscally conservative either. Second of all, conservatism is about respecting individual liberties, including the right to life, and minimizing the size and scope of government. Fiscal conservatism definitely plays a part in this, but it is not the end-all and be-all of conservatism in general.

A statement like this...

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.

...represents the polar opposite of conservatism.